Chapter eight: Sick of being sick

'You thought I would leave you alone huh? I guess you're wrong, darling. You don't get rid of me that easily my princess.' He speaks while he is dragging me in the dark and cold woods. How far I can look I see nothing but trees and darkness around me. I feel the rain falling on my cheeks. My clothes are getting wetter every second he is still dragging me further and further into the woods. My body feels so cold and is aching a lot. But I can't complain about that, if he sees that I'm in pain he would just hurt me more and more. I'm shivering from the cold air which is making me sneeze. 'Did I hear something? Because if I do, you know what will happen, don't you?' He says. I nod in silence. I know what is going to happen if I say just one word. He will beat me up until there's no part of my body left to beat.I need to try something to escape from him. I oppose against him and try to get out of his arms. I failed. He tightens his grip around my wrists. 'Ouch.' I moan, hoping he didn't hear that. ' Did you just say something, my dear?' He asks with his usually mean voice. I stay silent. 'I did hear you so, you know the consequences of talking.' He beats me up into my ribs. The pain is taking my body over. Pl..plea..please just leave me alone, I did nothing wrong' I stutter while crying hoping that he will let me go, but I know he won't . 'You did nothing wrong you say?' He says with his evil laugh like a witch does in those fairy tales we all heard when we were little. 'You KILLED my brother, if that is nothing to you?' He slaps me on my cheeks. Blood is running out of my nose. I could feel the taste of blood in my mouth. 'It was just an accident, just an accident.' I cry.

I feel someone is shaking me gently. 'Liv, wake up.' I could not open my eyes he would take me again he said. 'Liv, wake up for me.' I slowly open my eyes and seeing a male hanging all over me trying to wake me up. It's him, he found me. Tears are streaming down my face. 'Pl..please, I did nothing wrong. It was an ac.. accid.. accident. Just let me go.' I cry. 'What accident are you talking about?' He asks. 'I did not.. kill him, it was not my fault.' I say still sobbing. 'Liv, I don't know were you're talking about, just calm down okay?' 'I'm going to get you a nurse.' He says.

A nurse is asking the him some questions, when they are done she says. 'Thank you, you can go to your room, remember you have a check up with doctor Johnson in forty minutes.' The nurse says. 'I know, but thanks for the reminder.' He says. 'I can handle it, she will be alright.' The nurse says. 'D.. do.. do not let him go, you can't just let him go after what he..he did.' I speak still crying. 'Olivia, it is your friend Brandon, not him.' You are save now. Calm down, breathe. Okay? She says trying to reassure me. 'Him, save? What are you talking about, nurse Evylynn?' The guy asks confused. 'Not now, Brandon.' The nurse says. 'I did nothing wrong, it was just an accident. It was.. was not my fault. You can't let him get away with it, pl.. please don't. ' I say again. 'You're okay sweetie.' The nurse says hoping she will be able to reassure me. Which I don't understand, she needs to get him punished for what he did to me, not just let him go. He walks to the door. 'NO.. NO.. NO!' I scream. 'Brandon?' The nurse asks. 'Yes?' He responds. 'If you see doctor Johnson on your way to your room, ask him to come here immediately. If you don't, please go for me to the nurses station and ask them to page him 911 to room 2073.' The nurse speaks while she is trying the put the oxygen mask on me which I refuse. 'I will.' The guy says while he's leaving my room.

Doctor Johnson POV: I'm at my office updating charts. I have an appointment with one of my patients from the pediatric wing Brandon. I need to read through his chart to see if there is anything I should know before I have the appointment with him in about half an hour. His vitals are stable and he is still on the medication he was prescribed last month to stabilize his heart rate . He didn't have had side effect from the meds which is a good.I'm about to go and have a meeting with the parents of Abby to figure out what we are going to do at her chronic pain condition. I put my stethoscope back around my neck and take the charts with me to drop at the nurses station. As I walk out of my office towards the nurses station I bump into a running child. 'Don't running in here.' I say irritated. Before I could recognize who the child was, I hear someone calling my name. 'Doctor Johnson.' The voice belongs to Brandon. 'Brandon?' I ask. 'Yeah, that's me.' He responds. 'I need you to come with me to Liv, something's wrong.' He says. As I am about to answer and ask what happened with her, I receive a page 911 to the room of Olivia. On our way to her room, Brandon tells me what happened. 'I woke up and I heard Liv screaming something I couldn't understand. So I tried to wake her to comfort her, but instead she just started to talk and sob about an accident. And that it was not her fault and I caught something while she was crying about someone who should let her go. So I called for a nurse. Nurse Evylynn came within seconds to help me out, also Olivia would not let the nurse help her. So she said I needed to get you.' He says.

I sit on my bed and I close my eyes. I feel a little light headed and out of breath. 'Olivia, stay with me, come on girl.' I hear my nurse say while she touches my cheeks to get an oxygen tube in my nose. I feel the touch of her warm hand which is freaking me out again. Nobody is allowed to touch me. It brings the memories back of him. When I start thinking about everything what happened in the bathroom I start fighting to get her hands of me. 'Olivia. STOP! You need to calm down. If you don't, I have to pin you down on bed or sedate you which I know you will hate that.' Nurse Evy says. I see in the corner of my eye that my doctor comes running in.

He grabs a chair and takes a seat in it. 'How do you feel Liv?' He asks. 'Fine.' I snap at him. 'Let me ask it in a different way. How are things going right now, Olivia? He asks me. 'I don't like it when people come close to me, especially when they maybe get the intention of touching me.' I explain. 'And how does that make you feel?' He asks. 'Anxious or scared I guess.' I reply. 'Does it help to talk about these sort of things?' He asks. 'Kind of.' He nods at nurse Evylynn. 'Okay, what we're going to do is that I'll schedule a appointment for this afternoon with a therapist.'

'I don't need to go there, only crazy people are seeing a shrink, which I'm not.' I refuse to go there. I look up and I see the face of Brandon in the corner of my room become really pale. 'Brandon, is everything cool?' I ask worried. 'I am fine Liv, don't worry about me.' He says. Doctor Johnson turns around to see why I asked if he was okay. 'Are you sure you feel fine? You don't seem so fine.' Doctor Johnson asks worriedly. 'I am fine really guys, just a little tired that's all.' He responds. 'Come on, let's get you back to your room, so I can check you out.' ' Seriously, I am feeling okay doc. You don't need to check me out. I'm fine.' Brandon still opposite to let his doctor check him out. 'Well, if I say that I am going to check you out, I will. No negotiation on this part Brandon.' Doctor Johnson asks for a wheelchair and after Brandon refuses to get his butt into it, he finally sits down.

Brandon POV: Ugh, I tought I could hide the way I feel. I wanted to be treated for a normal teenager, not a patient for once. Liv is suposed to have the attention right now, not me.

It really scared me the way she talked about some guy. What happened with her? I asked the nurses already, but they said they couldn't share it, because there is this stupid law that says that they cannot discuss medical information with other people unless the patient is in danger or is a danger to them selve. I am going to find out who that guy is and what he did. Sherlock is going to solve this case.

~In Brandons room~

'You think that you can walk to your bed by yourself?' Doctor Johnson asks as they arrive at the room of Brandon. 'I'm fine, I don't need this. If you want me to rest, I'll sleep.' He says while he is getting out of his chair and walks over to his bed. 'Brandon, I'm trying to help you. It is my job to look after you. And besides that I think you are a great kid, I don't want anything happen to you. So please if you let me do my job, you can do whatever you want in ten minutes.' Doctor Johnson says. He really hopes that Brandon will let him examine him, to make sure he is as okay as he says he is. 'Just, leave.' Brandon walks over to the desk in front of the window and reads his book.

Doctor Johnson sighs and walks out of the room. Why doesn't he want me to check him out, he never refused to when I said I want to. What happened? Liv is sitting in a chair close enough to Brandons room, she could've heard our whole conversation. She walks up to me.

'He is fine, isn't he?' I ask.

'I have no idea, he won't let me make sure he is. I don't know what to say to him, so I can check him out.' Doctor says.

'Let me try, I maybe know why he doesn't let you.' I say, I know why he is refusing doc to take care of him.

'Please, explain to me Olivia. I really don't get it.' Doctor Johnson says.

'I can't, you only get it when you're sick yourself. I used to do it all the time. Doctors became frustrated, they refused to treat me for the flu or the cold or something else. They just said that I was a burden, that I should find another doctor. I will make sure, that he will let you help him.' I say.

'Thank you Liv.' Doctor Johnson says.

I walk to the room of Brandon. 'Hey Brandon!' I say, hoping I can cheer him up. 'Let me guess, doctor Johnson asked you to come talk to me. So that he can do his job? If that's the reason you're here, please leave my room.'

'In the first place, no he didn't ask me to talk to you. Second, he is just worried about you, so do I.'

'Whatever.' Brandon turns his back to me so he doesn't have to see my face.

'Brandon..' I sigh.

'Brandon, what?' He says angry.

'I get it, I know what you are going through.'

'And what is that what you're getting exactly Liv? You don't get it all!' He yells at me.

'Talk to me Brandon, you know you can tell me anything!' I say.

'I hate it here, I hate the hospital beds, the crappy food, the pity on the faces of the doctors and the nurses. I just hate every single part of this hospital.'

'What you're saying is: you're sick of being sick.' I know how he is feeling.

'I get it Brandon, trust me I do. The reason why nobody was allowed to touch me wasn't just of what happened to me. It is so frustrating to live here with all of the doctors and nurses seeing the faces full of pity everyday. When you puke your goats out, you could read their faces. 'Pour little girl, so young being so sick and in so much pain. She should have the time of her live instead she has to be in here.' I explain

'You do?' He raises his eyebrows at me. 'Yeah, sadly I do.' I say

'But, you should definitely let Johnson check you out. Something could be wrong, you look like crap my friend.' I say

'Thanks for that wonderful compliment! You look like crap too.' He laughs. 'You should rest.' He gives the advice. 'I will, crap doesn't chemo make me more beautiful? You said yourself I look beautiful.! Get yourself checked out!' He pokes me in my side.

'I will, under one condition!'

'You will get checked out by doctor Johnson too. I don't want you getting more sick too!' He laughs again.

'Deal, I go get him!' I say before I poke him back.

I walk in the direction of my room as I see doctor Johnson standing at the nurses station talking with nurse Evy. He has an eye on her. She asks 'Hey Olivia, nice to see you. How are you feeling?' 'Me? I'm the picture of health, you know.' I joke. 'Doc, you can go to Brandon, we talked. Make sure he is okay!' I say. He walks in the direction of Brandons room.

'When you're done, come find me in my room.' I yell after him.

'You're okay?' He asks worried. 'Yeah, just find me!'

'I will.' He yells and walks into Brandons room